Our state is big, it’s wide, and it’s weird. Put those things together and you have a list of some amazing things about Texas. Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles, Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles... Read more

On March 2, 1836, with the Alamo under siege, delegates from across Texas met and declared their independence from Mexico. Feelings of Texas pride have remained strong ever since, going well... Read more

Flag Day Flag Facts Do you consider yourself an expert on the Stars and Stripes? You may know all about your state, or even international flags, but Flag Day is the perfect time to really pu... Read more

In 1901, the Cologne, Germany newspaper, Rheinishe Zeitung (RZ),published a story titled (translated) “The Unmasking of Houdini,” in which a chief of police, Schutzmann Werner Graff, accused... Read more

1. Everything really is bigger in Texas. At 268,596 square miles, Texas is the second largest state behind only Alaska. With 25.1 million people, according to the 2010 U.S. Census, it is the... Read more

It has been hailed as one of the greatest boons to science in history. Well, at least to the research of ocean currents anyway. For the first time, oceanographers were able to calculate wi... Read more